Hi!
I am planning to fly to Israel in November from Europe, and I am considering to visit Petra in Jordan and Egypt too.
If I reenter Israel from Jordan, and then go to egypt, do I have to pay the exit fee for the second time? Since I am EU-citizen, I don't need a visa for israel, but can I enter israel again within few days when I come back from Jordan and heading Egypt from Eilat?
Thank you!
Robin
Edited by: Rodomo
Edited by: Rodomo
Yes and yes.
You can leave Israel for Jordan return and then leave again for Egypt at any time. You will have to pay the exit fee each time you leave though.
If you are heading anywhere in Egypt beyond the Siani Penninsula you'll need to secure your all Egypt visa in advance.
Good luck.
You will have to pay each time. The exit fee is a big cash machine for Isaeli authorities, there's no way they will renounce it.
Every country has ways of charging foreign tourist including hefty visa fees. So in Israel they don't get you coming , but they get you going. Then you have countries that get you coming and going, visa fees to enter and exit fees to leave.There is no way those countrries will "recounce" a revenue stream from tourists. it si your choice to visit Israel. if you do , you have to accept the conditions of that visit. Sorry if you somehow think it is another injustice commited by the Zionist regime
Let's see here; Egypt charges most nationalities for an all Egypt visa, charges an entry fee and an exit fee, Jordan also charges most nationalities for a visa and charges an exit fee, Syria has a hefty visa fee (if one can even get a visa) and an exit fee. I definitely see a pattern here.
Shame on that big, bad Israeli government for charging an exit fee.
Mbgg, this is a travel forum where people can get advice, not the website of the Ministry of Tourism's PR office.
Then why catw did you offer the second sentence in your post 2? That wasn't advice. It was a naive, biased statement critical of the Israeli government for doing something that every country in the region does (and most of the world does, including your own). The highest entry / exit related fee in the region is what the Syrians used to charge westerners for a visa (they don't issue them anymore). The Israeli exit fee is small by comparison.
catw
I paid $135 to enter Bolivia and $25 to depart
I will be paying $70 to enter India $10 to depart.
Sometimes you do not have to pay the departure tx, because it is already included in your flight ticket
As far as I know these countries mentioned have not "denounced a stream of revenue
There are many other creative ways most counties or cities tax tourists-hotel occupancy tax, airport taxes, car rental taxes. I am sure these taxes are well on [place al over Europe as well
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18720587
Catw, you chose to politicize this thread and you are receiving responses in kind
